Computer Architecture Classifications (Flynn 1966)

• SISD - Single Instruction stream, Single Data stream

  • classical uniprocessor

• SIMD - Single Instruction stream, Multiple Data streams

  • Vector machines

• MISD - Multiple Instruction streams, Single Data Streams

  • No good examples, not very useful

• MIMD - Multiple Instruction streams, Multiple Data Streams

  • Most interesting, many examples

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